Proverbs 29:8 - Tree of Life Version

Mockers incite a city, but wise men turn away anger.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

Scornful men bring a city into a snare: But wise men turn away wrath.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Scoffers set a city afire [inflaming the minds of the people], but wise men turn away wrath.

American Standard Version (1901)

Scoffers set a city in a flame; But wise men turn away wrath.

Common English Bible

Mockers set a city on fire, but the wise turn back anger.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Pestilent men squander a city. Yet truly, the wise avert fury.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Corrupt men bring a city to ruin: but wise men turn away wrath.

Proverbs 29:8 Tagairtí Cros

Proverbs 11:11

Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.

Proverbs 15:1

A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

Proverbs 16:14

A king’s fury is like messengers of death, but a wise man will appease it.

Proverbs 29:9

If a wise man argues with a foolish man, he rants or laughs, with no resolution.

Jeremiah 15:1

Then said Adonai to me: “Even if Moses and Samuel stood before Me, My soul could not be toward this people. Cast them out of My presence, and let them go out!”

Ezekiel 22:30

I searched for someone among them who would build up the wall and stand in the breach before Me for the land, so that I would not destroy it, but I found no one.

Numbers 16:48

He stood between the dead and the living and the plague stopped.

Numbers 25:11

“Phinehas son of Eleazar son of Aaron the kohen has turned away My anger from Bnei-Yisrael because he was very zealous for Me among them, so that I did not put an end to Bnei-Yisrael in My zeal.